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Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) blasted skeptics of climate science Wednesday, alleging they are “endangering humankind.” “The message I have for climate deniers is this: you are endangering humankind,” Boxer said during a press conference in the Capitol. “It is time for climate deniers to face reality, because the body of evidence is overwhelming and the world’s leading scientists agree.” Boxer criticized skeptics of climate science, alleging they are standing in the way of significant progress toward lowering greenhouse gas emissions both domestically and internationally. “Wishing that climate change will go away by clinging to...

Florida's former election czar Katherine Harris will break all ties in favor of the Republican candidate. For instance, if Kerry gets 2.4 million more votes than Bush, Bush will be awarded a mulligan worth 2.5 million votes. Kerry's votes will be "lost," if you know what we mean. In the unlikely event of a tie, Bush wins. In case Bush loses, Bush wins. Previously uncounted Bush votes will be found in an Iowa pasture three weeks after the polls close. Ms. Harris, strictly following election procedure, will declare Bush the winner. Kerry will be exiled to Nantucket

BEATING GEORGE W. Bush in 2004 will be an uphill battle. While the campaign will require blood, toil, tears, and sweat, I think it's safe to say that it will not be successful if the opposition runs on the paranoia platform. I loathe Bush like the next liberal, but I'm afraid I have to partially agree with the diagnosis of neocon columnist Charles Krauthammer, a former shrink, who earlier this month said he had identified a new psychological syndrome: Bush Derangement Syndrome (BDS), described as "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in reaction to the policies, the...